Guide to Reading and Using the VFDC Combo Lists

Display Formats

When viewing a Combo List, you can choose between two display formats from the
View sub-menu located in the upper right:

Display Format

Tabs

Each combo category is displayed in a tab, where the combos of the active
tab are displayed in the main content. Selecting a different tab to view
the combos for that category. This view is ideal for quickly navigating to
specific categories without having to vertically scroll.

Flat List

All the combos are displayed in a flat list within their respective category.
This view is ideal for printing.

Technically, this is not a Sort option, but a Filter option and is explained in the next section.

When a Sort is applied on a particular column, an upward (↑) or downward (↓) arrow will be displayed
in the column header to indicate the direction of the sort, ascending or descending, respectively.

Filtering

Filters allow you to only show combos that work against particular characters.
This is useful for quickly finding the best combo against a certain character, or universal
combos that work against all characters. The filter options available are:

Filter Options

Versus Character

Click on a character cell within the versus array to filter for all combos
versus that character.

Versus All Characters

Click on the Versus column heading to filter for all combos that
work against all characters (i.e. universal combos). This will also show combos
that work against all characters except Taka Arashi, since he's considered a
special case. This filter should be helpful to players learning a new character!

When applied, the active filter will be displayed in the header of the view. To remove the filter,
simply click on the active filter being shown.

You can combine both Sorting and Filtering options. This is useful for finding out the
best combos versus a particular character.

Combo Structure

Combos are displayed in the following format:

Starter

Hit Type

Stance Type

Combo

Damage

Sober

Versus Characters

Notes

The major elements are explained in further detail below.

Starter

This is the first attack required to initiate the combo.

Hit Type

The Hit Type will show the minimum type of hit required for the combo to be successful.
Possible values are shown below:

Hit Type

If no icon shown, then the combo works off a Normal Hit, or better

CH

The combo starter requires a Counter Hit

RH

The combo starter requires a Recovery Hit, or greater

Stance Type

The Stance Type will show the type of stance required for the combo to be successful.
Possible values are shown below:

Stance Type

The combo works in any stance

//

The combo works in Closed stance

/\

The combo works in Open stance

Combo

The rest of the commands required to complete the combo.
Unique, or non-string, commands in the sequence are separated by ► for readability.
For example ► is a Punch followed by a Kick, whereas
a would a canned Punch-Kick string.

Damage

The amount of damage points inflicted by the combo.

Sober

The amount of drink points that will be removed, or sobered, from Shun Di.

Versus Characters

This array displays a cell for each character in the game version being viewed.

The order of this array is from the lightest to heaviest character.

The colour of the cell indicates the applicability of the combo versus this character.
Possible values are shown below:

Versus Hit Type

aa

Not applicable versus character 'aa'

aa

Applicable versus character 'aa' on Normal Hit

aa

Applicable versus character 'aa' on Counter Hit

aa

Applicable versus character 'aa' on Recovery Hit

In most cases, when a combo is applicable versus a particular character, the colour
of the cell will match the Hit Type requirement of the main combo. However, some characters
may require a different type of hit, and so their cell will be shaded accordingly.

In addition to hit type exceptions, there may be cases where characters have
differing stance requirements to the main combo. These stance exceptions are indicated
as follows:

Versus Stance Exceptions

aa

//

Applicable versus character 'aa' in Closed stance only

aa

/\

Applicable versus character 'aa' in Open stance only

aa

//

/\

Applicable versus character 'aa' in both Open and Closed stance.
This is only shown when the main combo is stance specific, but will work in
either stance versus this character.

Notes

If appropriate, specific notes in performing the combo will be shown. These are usually
timing or distance related in nature.